Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack, center, announces a new emergency notification system that will be able to alert town residents within minutes.

Written by

Hema Easley

Clarkstown is asking all town residents and businesses to sign up for a new emergency notification system that will allow the Police Department to alert tens of thousands of people in minutes during a crisis.

Using the system, called Ready Clarkstown, the town will be able to reach residents through cellphones, home phones, text messages, emails, pagers, faxes and personal digital assistants.

The alerts will come through during severe weather, storms, floods, fires, road closures, crimes and snow emergencies, among other events. ...